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Originally Posted by itvnetop

the difference between barber and martin is that both of those guys have qb's playing fairly well (warner and pennington). i think once our passing game opens up, it may relieve some stress for portis to run so much. i am kind of worried that his body won't be able to take this amount of punishment, both this season and for the long term (look what happened to eddie george).

otoh, didn't he say he wanted the ball until his tongue hangs out?

Yeah. The only thing we've got right now is Portis, unfortunately. Once the passing games catches a groove, Portis will not have to carry the ENTIRE offensive load every Sunday. Until then, expect to see more of Portis. If the game on Sunday had been put away, I would have expected to see Betts come in.